This sleeper Asus laptop is faster and cheaper than Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Go 3

Asus Zenbook 14 OLEDMark Coppock / Digital Trends Microsoft has introduced the third generation of its ostensiblybudget laptopoffering. Starting at $800, the diminutiveSurface Laptop Go 3is actually priced more as a midrange laptop, which is even more true at its $1,000 upgrade price. For this much money, there’s a lot of strong competition. One of the most attractive competitors is theAsus Zenbook 14 OLED. It’s a very well-built and well-designed laptop that starts at $700 and includes a larger 14-inch OLED display....

June 28, 2025 · 5 min · 1060 words · Jacob Rivera

Tom Cruise & Bon Jovi Share A Bizarre Western Cameo Trend In Common

Summary On the surface, Tom Cruise and Jon Bon Jovi may not appear to have much in common, but they both share a uniqueWesterntrait in common. Without a doubt,the 1980s was the worst time for Westerns, thanks to the box-office failure ofHeaven’s Gate. This 1980 epic cost a staggering (for the time) $44 million to produce, and grossed less than a tenth of that back at the box office. In the aftermath, studios avoided Westerns like the plague, with Clint Eastwood’s genre comebackPale Riderbeing a rare exception....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 561 words · Ronald Brown

What is Starz? Pricing, what to watch, and how to watch it

Tired of paying the big bucks for streaming streaming services likeNetflix,Disney+, andMax? How about givingStarza try? Yup, this is the same Starz that offers premium cable content, including movies, shows and original programming. Like the many titans of the video on demand world, Starz also offers mobile, smart TV, and streaming device apps, as well as a web player. It’s also a little cheaper than the bulk of the competition....

June 28, 2025 · 5 min · 1015 words · Luis Moore DVM

WrestleQuest turns your WWF nostalgia into a turn-based RPG, and it works

When I was a kid, my brother and I had a gigantic box of wrestling action figures. I didn’t know who most of them were, but that didn’t stop me from pitting them against one another or any other figures lying around my toybox.Spider-Man, Stretch Armstrong, Baby Sinclair fromDinosaurs— everyone became a player in my absurd wrestling promotion. And that’s exactly the kind of childhood energyWrestleQuestaims to deliver. Set to launch on August 8,WrestleQuestis a wrestling-themed RPG that pays tribute to the golden age of WWF (before it got the “F out”)....

June 28, 2025 · 6 min · 1068 words · Susan Hayes

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Ring Garland – Uses & location

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Ring Garland – Uses & location The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis filled with mysteries and puzzles, but few are as confusing as the Ring Garland. So, here’s how to find this weird item in the game, as well as what you’re able to use it for. Fromshrinestoabilities, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is filled with puzzles, all providing an aura of mystery to Link’s fantastic adventures....

June 28, 2025 · 3 min · 543 words · Craig Howard

10 Best Shark Movies Like Under Paris

Summary Under Paris, Netflix’s new shark movie directed by Xavier Gens, combines the classic elements of the creature feature genre with contemporary environmental themes. The thriller follows Sophia, who, after losing her partner and crew to a shark attack, learns that the same shark, Lilith, is terrorizing the Seine River. Since its release,Under Parishas drawn comparisons toJaws,Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic, becoming one of Netflix’s most popular new releases. With its mixed reviews, however,it seems more fitting to compare the movie to more campy shark filmsthat combine an outlandish premise with cheap thrills....

June 27, 2025 · 11 min · 2185 words · Leroy Cox

3 great sci-fi movies you need to watch on New Year’s Eve

In just a few days, we’ll all be living in the future world of 2024, which isn’t anywhere near as advanced as we hoped. Artificial Intelligence is intruding upon our daily lives, and our phones have never been more powerful, but it’s not quite the technological leap forward we expected when we were kids. Fortunately, as we head into New Year’s Eve, some great sci-fi movies offer a glimpse of where technology could go and an exploration of whether humanity has a future in the stars....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 568 words · Nancy Whitehead

5 best sci-fi movies from the past 5 years you should watch right now

The best sci-fi movies often push the boundaries of what’s possible to depict on the big screen by taking on complex fictional concepts that are often rooted in reality. Recent films in the category embrace the intersection between science, philosophy, and humanity, and use mind-blowing visuals and cutting-edge cinematography to bolster filmmakers’ ambitious efforts. From the visually stunning and otherworldly story told inDuneto the mind-bending mix of existentialism and the multiverse inEverything Everywhere All at Once, the greatest science fiction movies from the past five years represent the best that the genre has to offer....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 788 words · Desiree Mendoza

Amazon drops huge discounts on latest iPad and MacBook Air

With employers all over the nation instructing contractors and employees to work from home to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus — COVID-19 — the need forhome officeequipment has never been higher. To help make decking out your spare room with all the hardware required to get down to business lighter on your wallet, Amazon has discounted two must-have devices: the Apple iPad and MacBook Air. New Apple iPad (10....

June 27, 2025 · 4 min · 828 words · Taylor Hicks

Andor creator credits The Mandalorian for paving the way for the series

Among critics and some Star Wars fans,Andorseason 1 was considered the best show in the franchise to date even above its predecessor,The Mandalorian. Those voices grew even louder afterThe Mandalorianseason 3 didn’t generate the positive response that the first two seasons had. Regardless,Andorcreator Tony Gilroy insists that there isn’t a rivalry between the two shows. He went on to contend that withoutThe Mandalorian,Andorwouldn’t exist. “The success ofThe Mandaloriangave us the platform to jump off,” said Gilroy during an interview withEmpire Magazine....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 332 words · William Parker

Apple is late to Siri revolution, so Microsoft brings you Copilot for Mac

Microsoft has today launched a dedicatedCopilotapp for Mac. For now, the app is only available for users in the US and UK, but it’s already loaded with the latest and greatest tricks from Microsoft, such as the new Think Deeper mode. The only system requirement is that your machine must be running macOS 14, or a later version. On the hardware side, anyMac with an M1 silicon, or newer processor from Apple, is compatible with the app....

June 27, 2025 · 3 min · 506 words · April Guzman

Avengers Assemble! San Diego Comic-Con’s best moments ever

As it’s evolved over the years, San Diego Comic-Con has become one of the most important publicity events in the world. The annual festival gives major studios a chance to unveil some of their biggest projects, and over the many years of its existence, it’s also been home to a number of fascinating stunts and promotional ploys. Some of those stunts worked incredibly well, and others failed to garner excitement among a notoriously hard-to-please fandom....

June 27, 2025 · 5 min · 1036 words · Edward Peters

Bask in this glorious Hubble image of a ‘quintessential’ barred spiral galaxy

NGC 2336 is the quintessential galaxy — big, beautiful, and blue — and it is captured here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The barred spiral galaxy stretches an immense 200 000 light-years across and is located approximately 100 million light-years away in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis (The Giraffe).ESA/Hubble & NASA, V. Antoniou; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped yet another beautiful image of the wonders to be found out in the depths of space....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Carmen Bailey